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Tridion System Account

On a normal Tridion deployment, the Tridion System Account must be a Domain account. If this is just a local development or test machine, you may want to create this account as a local account instead. In either case, ensure that this account is added to the local "Administrators" group.

Install available Microsoft Updates

Go to Start -> Windows Update, then click on "Find out more"

Check the box to agree to the terms of use and click Next

Select your update settings and click on "Install"

Install all available important updates.

Please note that multiple server restarts may be required on this step.

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Nuno Linhares was a Principal Consultant within SDL's Web Content Management Solutions Division (based in New York) and has worked with the company's Professional Services organization between March 2005 and September 2012. As from October 2012, Nuno became Product Manager for the SDL Tridion Product line. You can follow him on Twitter and his blog.